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December 12, 2025
SIG’s first aseptic carton plant in India is now fully operational
SIG, a leading aseptic packaging solutions provider, headquartered in Neuhausen, Switzerland, announces that its first aseptic carton plant in India is now fully operational. The facility located in Ahmedabad, completed in just 20 months, started production in one of the world’s most dynamic markets.
December 10, 2025
Asahi Group Japan pioneers first yeast-based LIKE MILK in Japan using SIG’s flexible aseptic carton filling technology
Asahi Group Japan has launched LIKE MILK, the country’s first yeast-based beverage with milk-like characteristics. The product is packaged in SIG SmallBloc aseptic cartons and filled using the SIG Small 12 Aseptic filling machine, a high-output, flexible filling solution from SIG. LIKE MILK is currently in test sales in selected Japanese supermarkets and e-commerce channels, with plans to expand distribution by 2026. The launch is marking a first step of the partnership between Asahi Group Japan and SIG.
November 28, 2025
SIG and Hill-Smith Family Estates win Sustainability and Packaging & Design Awards for recycle-ready bag-in-box wine packaging
SIG and Hill-Smith Family Estates have been recognised with both the Packaging & Design Award and the Sustainability Award at the 2025 Wine Industry Impact Awards for their collaboration to bring Australia’s first recycle-ready bag-in-box packaging for wine to market.

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Abdelghany Eladib

President & General Manager Middle East and Africa

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Angela Lu

President & General Manager Asia Pacific

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Ann-Kristin Erkens

Chief Financial Officer

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Aseptic zone

In the aseptic zone of the SIG filling machines, products that have previously undergone a UHT process are filled into the shaped, sealed and sterilized carton packs.
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Benefits of aseptic packaging

The first global launch of a long-life probiotic yogurt marks a major breakthrough for probiotic beverages and aseptic packaging. This game-changing development creates a new product category: probiotic beverages packed in aseptic carton packs and spouted pouches which are shelf-stable for prolonged storage periods without refrigeration.
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Christoph Wegener

Chief Markets Officer

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Close-up: filling juice

In the aseptic zone of the SIG filling machines, beverages that have previously undergone a UHT process are filled into the shaped, sealed and sterilized carton packs.
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Close-up: Filling liquid food product

SIG food filling machines are equipped with two separate dosing systems allowing food manufacturers to increase the scope of their aseptic food portfolio. Ingredients can be filled either in one single phase, which is the standard process, or in two separate phases.
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Close-up: filling SIG Drinksplus dairy product

SIG Drinksplus products like dairy products with aloe vera bits can be also processed and filled in aseptic carton packs on standard filling machines from SIG for liquid dairy products and non-carbonated soft drinks (NCSD). The bits can be up to six millimetres in length and width.
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Close-up: filling SIG Drinksplus juice product

SIG Drinksplus products like juice drinks with fruit or vegetable bits can also be processed and filled in aseptic carton packs on standard filling machines from SIG for liquid dairy products and non-carbonated soft drinks (NCSD). The bits can be up to six millimetres in length and width.
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Close-up: running filling machine

In SIG filling machines, each carton pack is individually shaped and sealed at the bottom. The packs – still open at the top – are then guided to the aseptic zone of the filling machine via a mandrel wheel.
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Close-up: running filling machine into the downstream process

Once a carton pack has been filled with the product in SIG’s filling machines, the carton top is ultrasonically sealed above the fill level – still within the SIG filling machine. The carton packs are then fed fully automatically into the downstream process.

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